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Job Corps helps at-risk youth ages 16 to 24 improve their lives through vocational and academic training while also providing free education, housing, meals, and healthcare. Without this program, many ...
The Detroit Job Corps technically had until June 30th to close but did it a month early. Former employee Ciara, says the pause was needed because the mismanagement of the operation drove her out.
Michigan has Job Corps centers in Detroit, Flint and Grand Rapids, according to a U.S. Department of Labor website. The Detroit and Flint locations are operated by Tucson-based Serrato Corp.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s sudden suspension of its Job Corps program has left hundreds of young people in Detroit without housing and career training, forcing many to scramble for alternatives.
According to officials, 217 students were enrolled at the Detroit Job Corps Center on Woodrow Wilson Street when the freeze began. Nineteen were referred to the city for housing assistance.
Members of the Detroit Job Corps Center's elected student government then gave Walsh a tour of the campus, showing him where they learn, study and live. The center is one of 131 Job Corps programs ...
After the Trump administration ordered the pause of operations at Job Corps centers across the country, including three in Michigan, local lawmakers are now pushing for its reversal.
Michigan has three Job Corps facilities now pausing operations in Grand Rapids, Flint and Detroit. An estimated 700 students across the state will be impacted.
FLINT, MI — The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded contracts to operate two Job Corps centers in Michigan, with another two elsewhere in the country. Administered by the Department’s ...
DETROIT – A man who is accused of making phone calls threatening to kill students at the Detroit Job Corps Center has pleaded guilty. Elroy Knott, 24, ...
CHICOPEE - A Detroit native who turned around two low-performing job corps has been hired as director of the Westover Job Corps Center and hopes to do the same thing here.